Localization of a single sperm membrane autoantigen (RSA-1) on spermatogenic cells and spermatozoa |
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Authors: | Michael G ORand Lynn J Romrell |
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Institution: | 1. Laboratories for Cell Biology, Department of Anatomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA;2. Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611 USA |
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Abstract: | The rabbit sperm membrane autoantigen RSA-1 is a sialoglycoprotein of 13,000 daltons which first appears on the surface of pachytene spermatocytes. Using specific antiserum to RSA-1 the antigen has been localized by immunofluorescence and immunoperoxidase staining. On testicular cells labeled at 37°C, RSA-1 is seen in patches on the surfaces of pachytene spermatocytes, round spermatids, and over the acrosomal area of later spermatids and spermatozoa. Over the postacrosomal and middle-piece regions of late spermatids and spermatozoa the labeling appears uniform. The uniformity can be seen to stop abruptly at the equatorial segment-postacrosomal border. Labeling cells after fixation gives a uniform distribution of label over the surface where patches were seen at 37°C. The polypeptides recognized by the antiserum used for labeling were identified by immunoadsorbent chromatography and subsequent SDS-PAGE. In testicular cells anti-RSA-1 recognizes the 13,000-dalton form and another component which migrates with the dye front. In ejaculated spermatozoa anti-RSA-1 recognizes a distinct ejaculate complex of higher-molecular-weight proteins containing an 84,000-dalton major band and five minor components. |
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